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catallactics

/ˌkætəˈlæktɪks/

catallactics noun: a form of political economics based on the science of exchange.

Noun

catallactics (uncountable)

  1. A form of political economics based on the science of exchange.
    • Catallactics is thus «the order brought about by the mutual adjustment of many individual economies in a market»[…]2005, Raimondo Cubeddu, The Philosophy of the Austrian School, Routledge, →ISBN, page 98

Origin of catallactics

Literally, “science of exhanges”, from Ancient Greek καταλλάσσω (katallássō, “to exchange, reconcile”). Probably coined by British economist Richard Whately in 1831.

Questions about catallactics

What does catallactics mean?
Catallactics means a form of political economics based on the science of exchange.
What part of speech is catallactics?
Catallactics is a noun.
How do you pronounce catallactics?
Catallactics is pronounced /ˌkætəˈlæktɪks/.

Words near catallactics in the dictionary

  1. Catalina ironwoods
  2. Catalinas
  3. catalinite
  4. catallactic
  5. catallactically
  6. catallactics
  7. catallaxies
  8. catallaxy
  9. catalo
  10. cataloes
  11. catalog

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